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Election Law

Judge refuses to toss Dominion’s $1.6B defamation suit against Fox News

Bankruptcy Law

Bankruptcy court had no authority to shield Sackler family in Purdue Pharma bankruptcy, judge rules

Year in Review

Meet 12 ABA members who inspired us in 2021

U.S. Supreme Court

Profs’ simulations predict conservatives will control Supreme Court for at least 3 more decades

Continuing Legal Education

Refusing to budge, top Florida court says ABA imposes CLE panel ‘quotas,’ state lawyers can’t get credit for participation

Criminal Justice

Suspended lawyer is accused of inflating firm payroll to obtain COVID-19 pandemic relief funds

Legal Education

With GRE restrictions lifted for law schools, some urge caution

Law Schools

Which law school has best quality of life? Best career prospects? Princeton Review releases rankings

Legal Education

Which law schools have the highest and lowest median LSAT scores?

Trials & Litigation

Shopping center had no common-law right to boot vehicles, top state court says in car owner’s RICO suit

Legal Writing

Novelist James Patterson tells the stranger-than-fiction story of criminal defense attorney Barry Slotnick

Death Penalty

3 states accounted for most of this year’s low number of executions and death sentences, new report says

U.S. Supreme Court

SCOTUS justices who look to ‘advocacy history’ find reasons to undermine precedent

Law Firms

Cybersquatters are using Debevoise’s name to steal personal information, suit alleges

Year in Review

A lawyer’s resolution to stay out of trouble

Natural Disasters

Judge was among Kentucky tornado victims; courthouse and law offices are damaged

Legal Education

Overall, law schools see increase in 1Ls and decrease in non-JD students

Judiciary

Judge says she was on a sedative when N-word was used in video showing suspect’s capture

Criminal Justice

Appeals court upholds admission of inmate’s Comedy Central interview at his death penalty trial

Legal Rebels Podcast

How an e-discovery platform has evolved to meet the new challenges facing clients

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